wilt

v., wilt·ed, wilt·ing, wilts.

v.intr.

1. To become limp or flaccid; droop: plants wilting in the heat.
2. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly: "His brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness" (Vladimir Nabokov).

v.tr.

1. To cause to droop or lose freshness.
2. To deprive of energy or vigor; fatigue or exhaust.

n.

1. The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
2. Any of various plant diseases characterized by slow or rapid collapse of terminal shoots, branches, or entire plants.

[Possibly alteration of dialectal welk, from Middle English welken.]

wilt² (wĭlt)
aux.v. Archaic
A second person singular present tense of will².

verb

1. To become limp, as from loss of freshness: droop, flag², sag. See better/worse.
2. To hang limply, loosely, and carelessly: droop, flop, loll, lop², sag, slouch. See hang.

v

Definition: sag, fail
Antonyms: bloom, rise

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Dehydration of plants to the point where the leaves lose their turgor and hang limply. Can happen in living plants which later return to normal, or to cut plants before they are fed out. Thought to be a factor in increasing toxicity.

A plant disease caused by either bacteria or fungi. Some wilts are carried by beetles or other insects.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - visne, tørre ind, hænge, blive slasket, miste modet, sygne hen
v. tr. - visne, tørre ind, hænge, blive slasket, miste modet, sygne hen, du vil
n. - hentørring, visnen

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwelken, verzwakken

Français (French)
v. intr. - (lit) se faner, se flétrir, s'affaiblir, être décontenancé, perdre courage
v. tr. - faire dépérir (une plante)
n. - baisse (d'intérêt), (Bot, Hort) flétrissement

Deutsch (German)
v. - welken, schlapp werden, welken lassen
n. - Welke(krankheit)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μαραίνω/-ομαι, μαραγκιάζω
n. - φυτασθένεια

Italiano (Italian)
appassire, appassito

Português (Portuguese)
v. - murchar
n. - ato de murchar ou estado de estar murcho (m)

Русский (Russian)
увядание, вялость, вилт (болезнь растений), вянуть, слабеть, падать духом

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - marchitarse, desanimarse, secarse
v. tr. - languidecer, marchitar, ajar
n. - marchitamiento, marchitez

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vissna, förslappa
n. - vissnesjuka (bot.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
枯萎, 畏缩, 憔悴, 衰弱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 枯萎, 畏縮, 憔悴
v. tr. - 枯萎, 憔悴, 衰弱
n. - 枯萎, 畏縮, 憔悴

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 시들다, 풀이 죽다
v. tr. - 시들게 하다, 풀 죽게 하다, 약하게 하다
n. - 시듦, 시들병

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 萎む, しおれさせる, 弱らせる, 衰えさせる
n. - しおれること, 立枯れ病

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يذبل, يذوي (الاسم) ذبول, ذوي, مرض يصيب النبتات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נבל, קמל, תשש, פג כוחו‬
v. tr. - ‮הביא לנבילה, גרם לקמילה‬
n. - ‮נבילה, כמישה, חולשה, תשישות‬

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